In terms of price and reputation, who's the best?

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Willie

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Supercharged 1987 305 IROC-Z, Daily-Driver, Emissions-Legal.
Best E/T: 12.00
Best Trap Speed: 117.69 mph

SC Z!!!

1987 "20th Anniversary Commemorative Edition" Z28 Convertible
305 TPI / 5-speed
Super Chevy Show Class Winner, 1998.

TPLS Z!!!

 

I haven't had too many problems with Richmond Gears.

 

i haven't had ANY problems with richmond gears.

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84 trans am, forged 383 w/ 6" h-beam rods, ported heads with 3angle valve job, ported weiand stealth intake, edelbrock 750 with choke removed, GMPP solid lift cam, mallory unilite distributor, accel wires and coil, msd 6-al w/8500 rev limiter, hooker long tubes with 2.5" 40 series flowmasters, TH400 with rev. man. valve body and tci 3500 convertor, 9" ford with disc brakes, ladder bars, 4.33 richmond gears. jegster 8-point cage, jegster frame connectors, poly racing buckets with 5-point harneses. vehicle weight reduced

 

Sorry guys, I'm anti-Richmond. They are noisy. My 3.73 GM gears are as quiet as they get. My 3.42 Richmond's whine somewhat. My buddy's 3.73 Richmond's whine noticeably. My old 4.10 Richmond's whined a LOT!! I'm willing to sacrifice some strength for quiet.

So where can I order a set of GM gears from?

Willie

[This message has been edited by Willie (edited August 20, 2002).]

 

Hi Willie,

Have you tried GM Parts Direct?

http://www.gmpartsdirect.com/

They seem to sell at near wholesale prices. I don't live in the lower 48 so I don't buy there, but their prices seem to be the best.

 

test

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1986 Camaro Sport Coupe, Flame Red Metallic with Black accents, Red interior and T-tops
LG4 305 V8, Hooker Shorty headers, 3" intermediate pipe into Walker Quiet Flow dual exhaust, Edelbrock Performer intake, "Damonised" QJet by Redneck Racing, K&N filter inside a 305 H.O. dual snorkel aircleaner, Ported and polished "601" 305 heads, Crane PowerMax 260 camshaft, Crane vacuum advance kit, Proform 50,000 volt HEI coil, MSD distributor cap, rotor and 8.5 mm Super Conductor wires, TH700R4 transmission with Derale 12,000 lb. gvw cooler
Air conditioning, cruise control, power windows, power door locks, power brakes, power steering, tilt wheel, variable wiper, power hatch, rear defrost, "rare" upper hatch third brake light
Kenwood AM/FM cassette deck, Pioneer 6x4 component front speakers, Rockford Fosgate 6x9 Punch rear speakers
Z-28 front and rear sway bars, styled aluminum slots and Goodyear 225x60R15 Eagle HP tires rated for 200 km/h
300 horsepower and 320 foot pounds of torque gross (cam measured seat to seat) at the flywheel.
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Yea verily, and he did smite the smog heathens from his small block Chevy, even from the air pump to the converter ...
Todd 1:1

 

It depends on how it was set up. I was set up professionally and it was fine. A little whine sometimes but not unbearable.

While at a local tech college, we installed the Richmond Gears per GM instructions and they were really noisy. Took them out and reinstalled per RMG specs and they now whine when cruising at around 45 - 70. Doesn't bother me anyway if I cruise at 80+ (Not saying that I do).

 

National Drivetrain Eliminator gears are as high quality as the rest. Quieter than Richmonds, too. All gears for 7 1/2 - 7 5/8 GM are $149.95/set.
www.nationaldrivetrain.com

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91 Camaro RS
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81 Ford F100 300 6 cyl (daily driver)

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